No MovieMaker, No iMovie, No Problem!

February 18, 2009

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Discovery Education streaming has over 5,000 videos with Editable rights. This means you can download and then edit the contents of the video, from audio to the actual video itself. What if your computer doesn’t have video editing software? What can you do?

Welcome to JayCut, an on-line video editing application. No need to download and install an application, simply locate the editable video (video segment) in DE streaming you wish to edit. Download it, then upload it to JayCut for editing. Make sure you set the video to private and you’re ready to edit away.

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